The Little Mermaid Poem by Nalini Jyotsana Chaturvedi

Shunned by many
Snubbed by more
There was this awkward girl
Who could not swim ashore

So she turned away her back
To the rest of the world
Took a deep dive in the sea
About her no one heard

Days and weeks
Turned in to years
Then one day
A sailor steered
His little ship
Towards a rock
And want he saw there
Gave him a pleasant shock

For what he saw
Was a little mermaid
An angelic face
Once shunned
By rest of the race

Sometimes it helps
To be cast away
To be left alone
Enjoying solitary space

For no one knows
What future holds
Maybe best of all the worlds
As you travel with the rainbows
To find that pot of gold.....nalini